How deep is Gun Lake?

Gun Lake reaches a maximum depth of 68 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 7 closed depth contours over about 2,707 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 10 ft line. The 68 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 60 ft.

Where is the deepest part of Gun Lake?

The deepest charted water on Gun Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the southeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 55 acres, 2% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a big lake, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.

How much of Gun Lake is shallower than 10 feet?

About half. The 10 ft contour encloses 1,030 acres of the roughly 2,707 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 10 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 1,677 acres.

How accurate is this Gun Lake depth map?

The contours come from the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

Michigan lake depth maps

Gun Lake depth map

Gun Lake in Barry County, Michigan reaches a depth of 68 feet. Gun Lake is charted here across 7 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 60 ft, enclosing about 2,707 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 10 ft line, and only 55 acres lie inside the deepest one. Every contour is on the interactive map below, free and without an account.

Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record). Contours closed, checked and area-computed by Jordan Carter, founder of GilledIt · page updated August 19, 2026

Gun Lake depth chart: 7 depth contours from 5 to 60 ft

Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation

Gun Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	2,707 acres	100%
10 ft	1,030 acres	38%
20 ft	539 acres	20%
30 ft	438 acres	16%
40 ft	293 acres	11%
50 ft	157 acres	5.8%
60 ft	55 acres	2%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 2,707 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 5 ft line), which is the outer edge of the mapped water, several state files carry no 0 ft shoreline line, so this is not the same as a share of the lake's published surface area. The survey also records a 68 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

Fishing Gun Lake: a wide shallow flat over a deep hole

Inside its outermost 5 ft contour the survey charts about 2,707 acres of Gun Lake, with the 10 ft line enclosing half of it, so the bulk of this Barry County water sits on a shallow flat, with the real depth packed into one part of the basin. The sharpest change on the chart is between 5 and 10 ft, where the mapped water loses 1,677 acres in 5 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The deepest 60 ft contour holds 55 acres, 2% of the mapped water, toward the southeastern corner of the lake. 68 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 5-to-10 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 5–10 ft break at first and last light.

Ice fishing on Gun Lake

Gun Lake freezes later and less evenly than the shallow waters around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break rather than out over the 60 ft hole. The 5–10 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 1,677 acres of bottom tilt away there, and panfish and walleye slide up and down it through the day. Late ice pushes fish back onto the 5-to-10 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Gun Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Gun Lake?: Gun Lake reaches a maximum depth of 68 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 7 closed depth contours over about 2,707 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 10 ft line. The 68 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 60 ft.
Where is the deepest part of Gun Lake?: The deepest charted water on Gun Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the southeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 55 acres, 2% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a big lake, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
How much of Gun Lake is shallower than 10 feet?: About half. The 10 ft contour encloses 1,030 acres of the roughly 2,707 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 10 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 1,677 acres.
How accurate is this Gun Lake depth map?: The contours come from the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

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Mapped fishing venues near Gun Lake

Gun Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.

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